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Willard Duncan Vandiver (March 30, 1854 – May 30, 1932) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Missouri. He is popularly credited with the authorship of the famous expression: "I'm from Missouri, you've got to show me," which led to the state's famous nickname: " The Show Me State ". [ 1 ]
The phrase is widely attributed to Congressman Willard Duncan Vandiver, who served at the turn of the 20th century. In a speech at a naval banquet, he declared, "I come from a state that raises ...
It was at an 1899 meeting of the Five O'Clock Club that the state of Missouri came to be known as the "Show-Me-State." Rep. Willard Duncan Vandiver (D., Mo.) commented, "I come from a State that raises corn and cotton and cockleburs and Democrats, and frothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies me. I am from Missouri.
Willard Duncan Vandiver: Democratic March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1905 14th: Elected in 1896. Retired. Harold Volkmer: Democratic January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1997 9th: Elected in 1976. Lost re-election to Hulshof. James Richard Waddill: Democratic March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 6th: Elected in 1878. Retired. William H. Wade: Republican
Instead, Missouri is called "The Show Me State" because the phrase was popularized in the 1890s, when Congressman Willard Duncan Vandiver delivered a speech and said, "I'm from Missouri, and you ...
Willard Duncan Vandiver (D) Maecenas E. Benton (D) 56th (1899–1901) William W. Rucker (D) John Dougherty (D) Dorsey W. Shackleford (D) 57th (1901–1903) James Joseph Butler (D) George C. R. Wagoner (R) 58th (1903–1905) Courtney W. Hamlin (D) John T. Hunt (D) James Joseph Butler (D) J. Robert Lamar (D) 59th (1905–1907) Frank B. Klepper (R ...
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Armando Navarro Jr., 50, is the ex-boyfriend of Jodie Hopcus, who was killed alongside her mother, Sherri Duncan, and her daughter, Hailey Hopcus